before what's left is gone
the thick
black
carbon cloud
is looming on the horizon line
it's tainted by the
Human Stain
as it rains down
Poland Springs
Twinkies
Shell
Gasoline and Polyvinyl Chloride
drip
drip
drip
down each tar-coated bough
(or at least the few that are left)
the amazon is a tomb
we've decluttered
made room
Humanity needs to thrive
we need Paper!
so get rid of what's alive
we forgot about the others
so it didn't matter much
when they "went away"
one by one
the lions
the tigers
the bears
oh my!
what have we done?
soon it will be us
soon
when the land is barren and
the oceans bear our waste and
our Cities crumple and
Skyscrapers scrape the ground
as they
clatter
clang
collapse
we will suffer the same fate
and vines of green will
sprout from our Decay
growing only once we have fallen
the Doomsday clock
is ticking
and the hands are raised
in vengeance
ready to chime
The End
and snatch away
our chance
tick
tock
tick
if only a plan could stick
it's time to right our wrongs
before what's left is gone